The Alliance for Early Success is a 50-state resource for early-childhood advocates as they pursue the big, sustained impact that will ensure every child in every state, birth through age eight, has an equal chance to grow, learn, and succeed.
State advocates share resources in response to a listserv request for examples of states with comprehensive, publicly available data dashboards for early childhood education such as programming, workforce data, children served, and other data.
After a three-year break, the Alliance for Early Success hosted CONNECT22—a three-day event that brings together state advocates, national early
Alliance allies gathered to learn from national and state partners about the impact of federal safety net policies and what levers states have to support families’ economic security.
A week after the midterm elections, Alliance allies gathered to hear from state partners and think together about how to shift their advocacy strategies to maintain and grow their effectiveness given the new political realities in their states.
The Alliance for Early Success hosted a “huddle” with state advocates to discuss how to continue pushing forward wins for young children and their families on a new landscape of early childhood policy advocacy in the legislature.
In April, the Alliance convened a peer learning group led by advocates who have been successful in building and leveraging local champions to shift priorities in states without strong track records in supporting young children and their families.
As the pandemic wears on, and the ECE workforce challenges continue, we’re seeing more attempts by state policymakers to relax
To make sure advocates are aware of the many strategies available for for directing revenue to early childhood supports, Children’s Funding Project recently organized a peer discussion on revenue. Alliance allies heard from CFP, a special guest from ITEP, and — most important — each other.
State advocates joined with some national organizations to discuss policy opportunities and strategies for engaging on family economic security issues impacting our youngest children and their families. The huddle highlighted early childhood state allies from Arkansas and New Mexico who are leaning into promoting policies that advance equity and family economic security.
Every two months, the Child Care NEXT state teams come together for a peer learning session on critical issues that
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